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/. IL AK handles sell for a
quarter pece, and cost 81 a
dozen, what per cent. is gained?
2G. lN. Ar---Equal--l hour and
20uinutcs.
Il. Define prime number, con-
crete number, q. Y. d., pre-
MUM, policy.
2. 5. 50 l-3x5 LIS -3.0S=
what?
3. A horse and harness cost
$50; the horse cost ? l-3 times
as much as the harness: what was
the cost of each2
4. A crib is 10 feet high, IL
10 fed wide ard 25 feet long;
how many bushels will it hold?
8. If | sell 3 pks Of clover
seed for what ! IA bushels cost
what per cent do ] gain2
.. Bought sugar 1T l3 cents 4
pound on S months credit. and
sold il the same day for l2c. cash
what per cent profit was made ?
Money being worth 6 per cent.
2N.
I. Deliuc factor, decimal
fraction, numcrator, discount, rate
per cent.
2. Divide 32x93 by sos q
decimal places in ans.
3. MIR. Jones gave to his son
Rufus 4 of his estate, to George
/ Of the remainder, and the rest
to his daughter, whose share was
worth $3.50 less than George 3.
What was the value Of Mr.. Jones
estate?
A. A sold his farm for $3.50
1T profit Of S35 pr Ct. What
did it cost?
5. Find the face of u 6 per
cent, note that viii amount to
$685. in 3 months and 20 days.
6. How many bushels in a
wagon bed, 54xl24x23 feet?
3X.
/. Define l.. G. NJ. bank dis
count, numeator, and give the
table for square measure.
2. Multiply ~ by. fifteen ana
wu-tltha and reduce the frac-
tional part of the answer TO d
decimal.
3. Low many pounds Of lint
cotton at 8 4c. will pay the rent of
IL acres at $3.50 per acref
4. Sold a horse for $50 ant
gained 10 pr ct., what did ho
costY
5. Ita wagon frame is 4 feet
wide and 10 feet long how high
must the wood be piled TO make
| Z Of 4 cord?
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PRIMARY ELECTIONS.

Primary elections for the choice
of candidates have, been ordered
in jefferson and Yazoo counties
the former on the 18th of Aug
ust.
The following is the jefferson
county plan:
Resolved 1. That the several
Democratic clubs throughout
jefferson county be requested to
organize at as early day as prac-
ticable, and as soon as organized
their respective secretaries are to
report the same to the chairman
OF this committee.
5. On or before the morning OF
the cd Saturday in August aforc-
said, the president Of each club,
with the advice and consent of the
club, shall appoint five persons,
who are members of sad club,
to-wit: Three inspectors and two
clerks. who shall proceed to CON
duct said election in the follows
ing manner: Opening the polls
thereof at 8 O'Clock Il. m, and
remaining open until 4 o'clock p.
IN. And every white Democratic
voter entitled to vote shall deliver
to one of the inspectors IN the
presence Of the others ticket or
scroll OF paper on which shall be
written or printed the names of
all the persons for whom he in
tends to vote, which ticket shall
be put INTO the ballot-boX and at
the same time the clerks shall take
down on separate lists the names
of every person voting, and when
the election shall be closed the IN
apectors shall publicly open the
box and number tie ballots, at
the same time reading aloud the
names of the persons voted for,
which shall be taken down by the
clerks in the presence Of the in
spectors; and il thcre shall be two
or more tickets rolled up togcth-
er such tickets shall not be count
Cd, or if any ticket Shall contain
the names Of more persons fol
any Office than such elector had d
right to vote for, said names foi
that office shall not be counted.
The Yazoo mode is expressed
in the following resolutions:
Resolved, That it Is the sense
of this Convention that in nomina
ting officers in the county eonven-
ton, each candidate should re
ceive from tho Delegates from
each precinct q vote equal to I'M
proportionato share OF the number
of votes allotted said precinct in
the county convention; sale
proportionate vote being asccr-
tanned by calculation from Tho
relative number Of the votes OF
the people at the Democratic
precinct meetings cast for each
candidate.
Resolved, That in cases where
there are more candidates thar
two for the same office, there shall
be take in the precinct meetingt
a number Of ballots, equal to the
number Of candidates, for sale
office, thus ascertaining on frs
bal OF the prorata strength at sale
precinct Of each and all candidates
for each office, and Afterwards
dropping one candidate, at |
time, the prorata strength Of The
Others amongst themselves.
Resolved, I'd. That at !ht
precinct chnventions, none but
Democrats should be allowed t
participate.
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NO. 2S.

GEO out Of the hands Of Printers
hero, aud throw Il number of them
out OF employment; at least 30
por ccut was saved on the con-
tract.
4 special officer Of the Pension
Buroau arrested il Va, the
other day several persons, who m
collusionwith an old blind soldier,
sMindlad the Government ont Of
$4,000 in pension money. Such
frauds are always vain, because
The Government invariably overs
hauls the offenders and inllicts
punishment commensurate with
the enormity OF the crime. 1t is
bettcrto swindlo one's own ncigh-
bors than your yigilant and rclent-
less Uncle sam, who never for
gives nor forgcts oiienscs.
In the third story of the
Patent Office, The model cases have
been removed to the Southern
corridor, to make space for twelve
new rooms, IN other portions OF
the building. OF all the Goyernr
ment Departments. perhaps The
different Bureaus Of the Interior
Department show the largest,
hcalthiest, and most constant
growth. II is one Of Tie most
important and extensive OF the
Departments, really more so than
amy other, if we except the Treas
my.
The belief that Secretary La
mar viii be appointed to the Sup-
rene Court vacancy early next
fall is firmly impressed on tho
public mind and the Secretary's
successor Is being discussed. As-
sistant Secretary Muldrow and
Commissioner Of Pensions Black,
among The number.
To give you an idea Of the
strict discipline Of the Washington
police, | will mention chat one Of
the force has been dismissed from
Office for pluckng q magnolia
blossom from the Capito! grounds.
This looks hard, but II is iu5t, for
these guardians Of the oity have
no right, in the smallest parlicu-
lar, to bctray the trust repossd in
them.
Within the past week so many
prominent Democratic Statesmen
have arrived in this city that
there are those who think an inn
portant conference on party poll
icy Is pending ana chat il will be
followed by good results, all Of
which ! hope is really true.
The fact that Secretary Fair
child ordered by Telegraph the
prepayment Of the July interest
on bonds, amounting to about
$4,000, 900, caused some alarm in
financial circles, when considered
with reference to recent none.
tary disasters in New York, CIn-
einnal, and Chicago, but the Sec
reTary explains his action by say
ing that it was not due to any ap-
prehcnsion about tie financial
situation; the interest being due
July lst, and the checks made
out, the Department was put to
no Inconvenience and the effect.
he believed, would be rcassuring.
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The Rev J. b. GambreII an
pears to be built very much upon
the. mode Of his more noted son.
In a card in the jackson New
Mississippian he says 1.-THE time
has come for manly stand for
the freedom of the press and
right II is a crisis in our affairs
as people. And now in full
view of oil It may mean to my
self and my family, / solemnly
declare that before the Sword and
Shield shall fai to do its duty in
this crisis | will submit TO die as
my son died and I've by his eide
in the quiet graveyard al Clinton.
leaving my family in the care Of
God and the yindIcation Of Justice
and the punishment of assassins
in the hands Of my countrymen."
Heroic sentiments truly. MEM
phis Avalanche.
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r Fashionable Barber Shop,

Magn Ola, Miss
HENRY YlSCRNRUMpFIav established
his business on the EAST Side at the sign Of
Restaurant, will give .gti.et attention to
shayiag, hair cutting, hair-drepsiug and sham
.pooning, all Of which will be executed i'll the
neatest aud latest style. A ttial will guaraIi-
antee satisfaction.
Fruits, Candies, Cakes, Tobaeeo and Cigars
for sale. jul 1 ,.s6-tf.
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Ben. PerIy Poorc wrote has
life Of Grant ia two months o.
500 words a day.) Victor Hugo
wrote novel ID three weeks on a
wager. DR.. Johnson wrote
"Rasselas'' in the nights Of one
week in order to pay for his
mothers funeral expenses. Long
fellow wrote his poem HThe
Wreck Of the Hesperus'' between
supper aud bed time. "Sheridan's g
Ride was dashed off by Buchan-
an Reed one morning in less time
thar it took Sheridan to do it.
Sir Walter Scot, wrote his s45,-
600 novel, Woodstock, I, in three
months-Griflin (Ga. Sun.
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a. H.SPRICH Undertaken.

Having just sompetad all things necessary in
his line, respectfully solcts the public patronage.
lie tenders free to all his e5stomers, the use of
llfis and beautiful hearse. Having been en-
gagged ia this business twenty-six years, he pro-
fesscs thorough knowledge of its requirements.
lie viii respond TO telegEams at any distance
I'eautiul collins Of a. styles e9pSIa4ily On laad.
mug. .zrf "
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For Tie GAZETTE.
'nT TIC NAHEIIE.
TIMES FOOTSTEPS.
BY IuRLrSE.


find the m on the rugged shore
That margins Lifes broad stream,
find them in the sandy path.
That meath my footsteps gleam;
Amid the busy haunts Of men.
find these footprints thore:
turn away to silent scenes,
They still my presence share.
in Gro yded hall. in shaded dell,
In palace rare, IN humble cot.
find the impress of Times hand,
His footsteps. in each mortal lot;
they dot the path of life fore er,
They hasten on with reckless doom,
Following the great, the wise. the fair.
Chasing each earth flower in its bloom.
They lead afar from earth to heaven.
Touching all scenes, with mystic ant,
ln.eyery field they leave their trace,
In every life--in every heart
From earth to heayeu--iIumortal etch
These footsteps leave their nnpres,
there,
And only can be washed away
With waves Of oge and Ghrist.lik,
PRAYER
LuLINo st. Chas. Parish, Ia.
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Miss Julia Battles, a young
girl of Magnolia, has composed
and had published a charming
fantasia for the piano, entitled
s'Remlniscences of Colorado" and
IS being highly complimented
upon the beauty of her compo-
sition by musical critics. Jack
son Clarion.
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If you want to keep up with the
times you should not forget to add
the GAZETTE to your list of papers.
Sand don't you f0rgetit.
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Transient ads, will he charged for at the rate Of
10 cents per iiHe, FIRST Insertion, and cents each
additional insertion.
ssAs All advertising IS due when inserted unless
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clIAs. II. oTKEN, A. NJ.
Copyrighted
ARTICLE XIV.
PERSEVERANCE.

'As insects toll, at last the island rears,
Oh mush pillars lift the wayside
stone,
So he succeeds, who truly perseveres,
With power converged 10 noble ends
alone.
With corstapay though fair and foul,
the same,
It growing strength our recompense
we fnd;
But hesitation, want Of earnest aim,
Far more than labor, weaues heart
and mlnd."
Gao C,on,ner
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&DuoAmoNAL SNHpAnrmBNr
IHAcnERs INsrIrnfns.

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WITH wHAT1IAs PERSEVERANCE TO
Dor

DOf
1. When is this ilon-hearted
quality called into service? Dur
ing the calm season Of prosperity
when not a ripple disturbs its
gentle surface? No! In adyer-
slty? Yesl When storms rage /;
when inky clouds blackon the Sky
above us; when difficulties mus
ter on every side; when obsta-
cles and disappointments hedge
in our way; when disease comes
TO pale the cheek; when work is
to be done, and duties are to be
performed. II is this quality
that leads on to conquest. Il is
this quality that gives constaney
ito the purpose amid difficulties.
1T is this quality that will not sue
cumb the life ann to circumston-
ces. It's this quality that fur
nishes It's full quota to success in
every work. lit spends no time
i'm useless complaints. Its march
ing order is, go on, through fair
and foul. Its voice is, do, act,
move right on with your work.
Do your best now in the work as
signed to your hands. Honor
your opportunities-honor your
work Make your purpose pur-
pose of iron.
do noble things. not dream, ali day
long,
Aud So make life. death aud taat vast
forever,
One grand, sweet song"
Charles Kingsley.
WHAT PERSEVERANCE DOES.
2. "Time and patience change
the mulberry leaf to satin.
"How long viii it take to learn
to play on a violin ?'' 'srweIve
hours a day for twenty years to-
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WHAT PERSEVERANCE DOES.

2. "Time and patience change
the mulberry leaf to satin.
"How long viii it take to learn
to play on a violin? ?'' "rwelve
hours a day for twenty years to-
gether,' sald Glardini.
Rich are the dlligent. who can com
mand
Time, natures stock9 and conld his
hour-glass fall,
Would, ms for seed Of stars, stoop for
the sand
Ard. by iqeessant labor. gather ali. :"
D'Avenant.
The manuscript Of Mr.. CarlyIe's
first volume of the ssFrench Re-
volution' was through ignorance
thrown into the fire BY q servant
His notes and outline were gone.
The printer called for the work.
Patiently and perseveringly, he
went 70 work to reproduce it..
Perseverance is the out-growth Of
energy and a high sense of duty.
Il burns brighter when difficulties
lencircle our work and cross and
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To be Continued.
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Moody, listening attentively, started and
changed color at these last words. Mr. Troy
looked thoroughly disappointed, and made
no attempt to conceal it "Is that alls' he
asked
"AllF retorted the cynical vagabond.
"You're pretty lawyerl What more can l
say when l don't know for certain whether
the witness who has given me my informa-
Hon has msled me or mott Have / spoken to
the girl and formed my own opinioni No!
Have been introduced among the servants
las errand boy, or to clean the boots and
shoes, or what not and have l formed my
own Judgment of thema MOI l take your
opinions foS granted, and tell You how
should set to work myself if they were my
opinions too; and that's a guinea's worth-a
devilish good guinea's worth to rich man
like youl"
Old Sharons logic produced certain effect
on Mr. Troy in spite of himself 1t was
smartly put from his point of view-there
was no denying that
Even IL / consented to your proposal" he
said, II should object to your annoying the
young lady with impertinent questions, or to
your being introduced as aspy into a respect
able house."
O1u DudTOu uOuDleu HES ulTLy I1SUS anu
drummed with them on the rickety table in a
comical frenzy of impotence while Mr.. Troy
was speaking
what the devil do yon know about my
way of doing my businessr' he burst out
when the lawyer had done. Zone OF us two
Is talking like born idiot, and mind this it
isntme Look here! Your young lady goes
out for walk, and she meets with a dirty,
shabby old beggar-I look like a shabby old
beggar already, don't II Very good This dirty
old wretch whines and whimpers and tells a
long story, and gets sixpence out of the girl,
and knows her by that time, inside and out, as
well as II he had made her-and, mark
hasn't asked. her a single question, and, in
stead of annoying her, has made her happy
in the performance Of a charitable action
Stop a bit ] haven't done with you vet
Who blacks your boots and shoesl Look
hereln He pushed his pug dog Off his lap,
dived under the table. appeared again
with an old boot and bottle Of backing,
and set to work with tigerish activity.
"Tm going out for walk, you know, and
may as well make myself smart" With that
announcement he began to sing over his
work--a song Of sentiment popular In Eng
land in the early part OF the present century
-" She's all my fancy painted her, she's
| lovely, she's divine; but her heart It Is
another's, and il never can be minei Too
ral-loo-ral-loo' like a love song. Brush
| awayl brush awayI till see my own pretty
! face in the backing Heyi Here's . nice,
harmless, jolly old mani sings and jokes over
his work, and makes the kitchen quite cheer.
full What's that you sayi Hes stranger,
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CHAPTER TX,

The next day Mr. Troy taking Robert
Moody with him as valuable witness) rang
the bell at the mean and dirty lodging house
in which Old Sharon received the clients who
stood in need of his advice
They were led up stairs to back room on
the second floor of the house. Entering the
room, they discovered, through thick cloud
of tobacco smoke, a small, fat, bald-headed
dirty old man in an arm chair, robed in a
tattered flannel dressing gown, with short
pipe in his mouth, pug dog OF his lap and
French novel in his hands.
as it business2" asked Old Sharon, speak.
ing in a hoarse, asthmatcal voice, and fixing
pair of bright, shameless black eyes atten-
lively ON the two visitors
ut is business" Mr.. Troy answered, look.
ing at the old rogue who had disgraced an
honorable profession as he might have looked
at a reptile which had just risen rampant at
his feet. What is your fee for consulta.
tionf'
You give me guinea and I'll give you
half an hour" With this reply Old Sharon
held out his unwashed hand across thu
rlckety, ink-splashed table at which he was
sitting.
MI. Troy would not have touched him with
the tips Of his own fingers for 81 200. He
laid the guinea on the table
Old Sharon burst into fierce laugh-a
laugh strangely accompanied by frowning
contraction of his eyebrows, and a frightful
exhibition Of the whole inside Of his mouth.
Pm not clean enough for you, chr he said
with an appearance Of being very much
amused. There's dirty old man described
| In this book that is little like me-" Hs
held up his French novel Have you read
1T A capital story-well put together. All
you haven't read it, You have got pleas
ure to come l say, do you mind tobacct
smokel / think faster while smoke-that.
all"
Mr.. Troy's respectable hand waived |.
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- --==----
THE DIS COVE RY.
CHAPTER VIII.

On the day after Isabel left Lady Lydiard's
house, Mr. Troy set forth for the head office
in Whitehall to consult the police on the
question of the missing money. He had
previously sent information OF the robbery
to the Bank of England, and had also sdver-
tised the loss in the daily newspapers
The air was so pleasant and the sun was SO
bright that he determined ON proceeding to
his destination on foot. He was hardly out
Of sight of his own offices when he was over
taken by friend, who was also walking in
the direction of Whitehall This gentleman
was person Of considerable worldly wisdom
and experience; he had been officially associ.
ated with cases Of striking and notorious
'crime, in which government had lent its as.
sistance to discover and punish the criminals
The opinion of person in this position might
be of the greatest value to Mr.. Troy, whose
practice as a solicitor had thus far never
brought him into collision with thieves and
mysteries. He accordingly decided, in
Isabels interests, on confiding to his friend
the nature of his errand to the police Con.
cealing the names, but concealing nothing
else he described what had happened on the
previous day at Lady Lydiard's house, ant
then put the question plainly to his compan
ion:
"What would you do in my placer
an your place." his friend answered
quietly, II should not waste time and money
in consulting the police"
Not consult the police" exclaimed Mr.
Troy, in amazement. "Surely have no
made myself understood am going to tn,
head office, and have got lette. of intro
a. t.
department l am afraid omitted to men
ton that"
1T doesn't make any difference proceeded
the other, as coolly as ever "You hav
asked for my advice, and I give you my ad
vice. Tear up your letter of introduction
and don't stir a step farther in the direction
| of Whitehall"
Mr.. Troy began to understand. "Yol
don't believe in the detective policep he said
"Who can believe in them who reads tn
newspapers and remembers what he reads 4
his friend rejoined. Fortunately for tn
detective department, the public in genera
| forgets what it reads. Go to your clu
and look at the criminal history of on
own time recorded in the newspapers Ever
! crime is more or less mystery You wi
see that the mysteries which the police di:
cover are, almost without exception, my
teries made penetrable by the commones
capacity, through the extraordinary stupidit
exhibited in the means taken to hide tn
crime. On the other hand, let the guilt
man or woman be a resolute and intelligen
person, capable of setting his Tor herr viii
fairly against the wits of the police
other words, let the mystery really Be
mystery-And cite me q case II 10
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spoke together little while since. / didn't
mean it" She gave him her hand, and looked
timidly over her shoulder at Lady Lydiard.
ssLet me goI" she said, in low, broken tones;
''let me gol"
Mr. Troy heard her, and stepped forward
to interfere before Lady Lydiard could speak
The man had recovered his self-control; the
lawyer took his place again ON the scene,
You must not leave US. my dear" he said
TO Isabel, ''until have put question to Mr.
Moody in which you are Interested. Do you
happen to have the number of the lost bank
motel" he asked, turning to the steward
Moody produced his slip of paper with the
number on it Mr.. Troy made two copies Of
IL before he returned the paper. One copy
be put In his pocket, the other he handed t.
Label
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sCRoFULA

I do not believe that
Ayers Sarsaparllla has
nm cqunl rs u remedy
for Scrofulous HUI
mors. IL Is pleasant
to take, gives strength
and ylgor to the body,
and produces n more
permanent. lasting, re-
suit than any medicine
l ever used Il.
Haines, No. Lindale, o.
| have used Ayers
Sarsaparilla, In my FAM
lily, for Scrofula, and
know. II it Is taken
faithf fully, II will
thoroughly eradicate
this terrible disease. -
w. +. Fowler, NJ. D.,
Greenyille, Tenn.
For forty years 1
have suffered with Ery-
slpelas. | have tried
all sorts of remedies
for my complaint, but
found no relief until L
com m enced using
Ayers Sarsaparilla.
After taking ten bot
ties of this medicine L
am completely cured.
- Mary @. Amesbury,
ROckport, Me.
j have suffered, for
years, from Catarrh,
which was 80 severe
that 1t destroyed my
appetite and weakened
my system. After try
ing other remedies,
and getting no relief. /
began to take Ayers
Sarsaparilla, and, In a
few months, was cured.
Susan l.. Cook, 900
Albany st., Boston
Highlands, Mass.
Ayers Sarsaparllla
Is superior TO any blood
purifier that | have
ever tried. I have
taken II for Scrofula,
Canker, and Salt
Rheum, and received
much benefit from 1t.
1t Is good, also, for a
weak stomach. Mile
Jane PIERCE, South
Bradford. Mass
SarSapariIla,
.. Aver 4 Co., Lowell, Mass.
six bottles, 80.
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$50 FROM ONE TREE.

Large Pecan Trees yield net annual income
OF S26 90 to $500.
The home OF this most profitable nut Is III
the Southern and Western States, but 1t sue
ceeds admirably In many OF the Northern
States. M5-THE PECAN THRIVES WHEH- p
EVER THE HICKORY GROWS.
Every farmer In the south should nave h.
Pecan grove as q source of profit.
l am now selling fine trees OF the best ana.
earliest hearing variety, two and three years
old, at the following prices: